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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:4-16

Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect.Ezekiel 44:4The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Ezekiel 8:3.Ezekiel 44:5Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined.Ezekiel 44:7Strangers - This refers especially to the sin of unauthorized and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 44:17-31

Regulations as to the priests’ services. The garments of the priests are defined and various rules prescribed in the Law are repeated with some additions in order to denote additional care to avoid uncleanness.Ezekiel 44:18The material of which the four vestments of the ordinary priest were made was “linen,” or, more accurately, “byssus,” the cotton stuff of Egypt. The two special qualities of the byssus - white and shining - are characteristic, and on them part of the symbolic meaning... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:15-16

Ezekiel 44:15-16. The priests the Levites The Levites who are priests; the sons of Zadok Who continued faithful; they shall stand before me to offer the fat, &c. They shall serve at the altar of burnt-offering, and offer sacrifices thereon. They shall enter into my sanctuary Into the holy place; to minister unto me To burn incense there upon the golden altar, to sprinkle the blood of the victims before the veil, to trim the lamps, and to change the loaves on the sacred table... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 44:17-20

Ezekiel 44:17-20. When they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court The court just before the temple, where the altar of the burnt-offering stood; they shall be clothed with linen garments The ephod, breeches, mitre, and girdle, (the habit of the ordinary priests,) were all of fine linen, contrived for glory and beauty, (Exodus 28:40,) fine linen being the habit of persons of the greatest quality; while they minister in the gates of the inner court That is, in the court of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 44:1-31

Service in the temple (44:1-31)Because the glory of God had entered the temple through the east gate of the outer court, no human being was considered worthy to enter by this gate. It therefore had always to be kept shut (44:1-2). The king, however, could eat his sacrificial meal in the vestibule that was on the inside of the east gate. He had to enter the temple compound by either the north or the south gate, then enter the vestibule from the courtyard side (3).The presence of God’s glory in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 44:17

they shall be clothed , &c. Reference to Pentateuch, (Exodus 28:42 ). App-92 . within = toward [the house]. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 44:18

bonnets = head = dresses, or turbans. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 39:28 ). App-92 . Compare Ezekiel 24:1 .Isaiah 61:10 . they. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read and they". with, &c. Hebrew = "with sweat"; sweat being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6 , for that which causes sweat. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 44:15

Ezekiel 44:15. The Levites— The whole passage, from Eze 44:10 to Ezekiel 44:16., seems most naturally to refer to the period of time when the second temple was rebuilt. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 44:17

Ezekiel 44:17. And within— And within the house or temple. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 44:18

Ezekiel 44:18. With any thing that causeth sweat— With any thing that is torn. Houbigant. read more

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